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Prophet pages, why can't they be banked?
Neoealth
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Yet they can be sold and traded with players. Whats the reasoning behind this?
All it seems to do is make it inconvenient. I like to trade on my crafter character, so if I get items on my other characters I will bank it or put in house for my crafting character to pick up later.
All it seems to do is make it inconvenient. I like to trade on my crafter character, so if I get items on my other characters I will bank it or put in house for my crafting character to pick up later.
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UntilValhalla13✭✭✭✭✭
✭✭They're account-wide like runeboxes, and can be used on any character. You can then change to that style via outfit stations.4 -
Commancho✭✭✭✭✭List them in the guildstores (even those inside stores without trader), then cancel, relog and pick them up from your mails.6 -
Androconium✭✭✭✭✭
✭UntilValhalla13 wrote: »They're account-wide like runeboxes, and can be used on any character. You can then change to that style via outfit stations.
Nobody was expecting a sensible answer.
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^This!^UntilValhalla13 wrote: »They're account-wide like runeboxes...
They are -not- crafting styles, they are outfit styles. Meaning upen that thing on any character, use it on every character. So the only reason one might want to switch it around is store them all on your mule or something if you farm too many...
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✭✭✭✭Ok, I understand Wanting to use the crafter to do the crafting things, which includes the selling things.
But there is no penalty for having a different character list an item.
Is it a minor irritant? Sure. And there are ways to get around the system and have the specific character "be" the Trade guy/girl.
But it just does not seem like a big deal to me, since you can get the item listed with another character.0 -
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✭✭UntilValhalla13 wrote: »They're account-wide like runeboxes, and can be used on any character. You can then change to that style via outfit stations.
Yes I know this, with respect, that was not my question. I asked why can't they be banked? It seems strange to me since they can be traded and sold to other players.1 -
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✭✭barney2525 wrote: »Ok, I understand Wanting to use the crafter to do the crafting things, which includes the selling things.
But there is no penalty for having a different character list an item.
Is it a minor irritant? Sure. And there are ways to get around the system and have the specific character "be" the Trade guy/girl.
But it just does not seem like a big deal to me, since you can get the item listed with another character.
Yes it minor irritant. My reasoning is because I tend to list a lot of crafted things for sale on the trader, i prefer to do all my trading in one go, instead of having to run back and fourth with characters that happen to get the pages dropped. Ideally I'd love to bank them, so my crafter can pick everything up when he does his trading.
And I was wondering why ZOS made them un bankable.4 -
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✭✭✭✭✭TheShadowScout wrote: »
^This!^UntilValhalla13 wrote: »They're account-wide like runeboxes...
They are -not- crafting styles, they are outfit styles. Meaning upen that thing on any character, use it on every character. So the only reason one might want to switch it around is store them all on your mule or something if you farm too many...
That's not an answer to the OP's question. I think most everyone knows they're account-wide. The issue is that the style pages can no longer be used after one character has used a similar one. They are tradeable, but not bankable, so while you can trade them on that character, you need to jump through hoops for something as simple and sensible as moving all your duplicates to the same character for trading. However you look at it, it doesn't seem consistent with any other item in the game. Typically, if you can trade it, you can bank it.
I would love it if these items could be banked. I would love it even more if they could be made to stack. And I would be in heaven if you could do the same with runeboxes.8 -
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✭✭✭✭✭barney2525 wrote: »Ok, I understand Wanting to use the crafter to do the crafting things, which includes the selling things.
But there is no penalty for having a different character list an item.
Is it a minor irritant? Sure. And there are ways to get around the system and have the specific character "be" the Trade guy/girl.
But it just does not seem like a big deal to me, since you can get the item listed with another character.
You're assuming people are in trading guilds. Not everyone is. Even if you are, during these events it's common for people to first trade duplicates for missing style pages. Having these duplicates spread over several characters is annoying, and there doesn't seem to be any sensible justification for it.3 -
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Contradiciting yourself in the same post???However you look at it, it doesn't seem consistent with any other item in the game.
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And I would be in heaven if you could do the same with runeboxes.
Because they are -exactly- like the runeboxes!!! Both in origin (event drops) and in effect (account wide unlocks) - so why is it surprising they are the same in handling?
And that is EXACTLY the answer to the OP question as to WHY they cannot be banked. Because ZOS decided those things should not be bankable.
So... a better line of argument would be to make a case why they ought to change their minds about this, huh? Who knows, they might listen! 0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭TheShadowScout wrote: »
Contradiciting yourself in the same post???However you look at it, it doesn't seem consistent with any other item in the game.
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And I would be in heaven if you could do the same with runeboxes.
Because they are -exactly- like the runeboxes!!! Both in origin (event drops) and in effect (account wide unlocks) - so why is it surprising they are the same in handling?
And that is EXACTLY the answer to the OP question as to WHY they cannot be banked. Because ZOS decided those things should not be bankable.
So... a better line of argument would be to make a case why they ought to change their minds about this, huh? Who knows, they might listen!
Want a party hat for finding that "contradiction"?
Change the "any other item" to "all but one other type of item" if you want to be more accurate, but the issue remains. The fact that there are two item types that don't conform to the norm instead of just one doesn't mean there is no inconsistency.
And again, the fact that these are event items doesn't justify their treatment. I've said this before and you seemed to ignore it. It makes players jump through hoops for no justifiable reason. There is no advantage or rationale for this, unless ZOS want to fill your bags with stuff you can't shake off so you'll pony up for crafting bags...Edited by daemonios on April 5, 2019 11:20AM2 -
Eiagra✭✭✭✭✭Daemonios proposes a reasonable scenario for consolidating these pages onto one character: Easier trading. There isn't a reason I can think of to forbid the banking of these pages. They can be put into guild banks or mailed just fine.
My sister and I have our own personal "storage" guilds we use to stockpile and organize things like this, so ultimately it doesn't matter for us -- it's just a slight inconvenience since we can't pop out our portable banker to put them away before we get to sorting.██████ █████████ ███████ In verity.0 -
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✭No containers with account-wide unlocks inside can be PBanked (though they can GBanked, for some reason). This is, presumably, an attempt on ZOS' part to increase market friction without completely eliminating trading. Perhaps they want these to be almost always earned directly, with some consolation availability for non-participants.
I think it's a policy that made sense to someone in 2014, and hasn't been reexamined since. It's certainly not sensible now.0
